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Michigan News

GM the1st automaker to seal deal with unionized workers

DETROIT (AP) — United Auto Workers union members have voted to approve a new contract with General Motors, making the company the first Detroit automaker to get a ratified deal that could end a contentious labor dispute and a series of crippling strikes. A vote-tracking spreadsheet on the ...

Remembering those lost to traffic crashes

By RANDY CROUCH Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — This Sunday marks World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. The yearly day of remembrance for those lost to traffic crashes coincides with the Michigan Toward Zero Deaths Campaign. The Michigan Department of Transportation ...

Man pleads guilty to making threats against Jews

GRAND RAPIDS, (AP) — A 19-year-old Michigan man pleaded guilty Monday to using social media to make violent threats against Jewish people last summer. Seann Pietila, who has been in custody since June, was accused of using Instagram to spread neo-Nazi ideology, discuss plans to kill people ...

Judge: Trump can stay on Michigan ballot

DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan judge ruled Tuesday that former President Donald Trump will remain on the state’s primary ballot, dealing a blow to the effort to stop Trump’s candidacy with a Civil War-era Constitutional clause. It marks the second time in a week that a state court declined ...

Michigan couple back from Gaza

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area couple trapped in Gaza like hundreds of other U.S. citizens described the roar of bombs and the fear of not making it home after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. Unable to leave, Zakaria and Laila Alarayshi hunkered down. “I was crying,” ...

Governors call for more funds to secure places of worship

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Democratic group of governors led by Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer have joined national leaders in calling for an increase in funding for security at places of worship as concerns grow over threats against Jewish and Muslim communities sparked by the Israel-Hamas ...